#Ted Talks

[sapientmanbuncountrymare]

Well think about the Master. Some iterations spent more time on Gallifrey, but nevertheless over time that evil bud blossomed and turned into a soft, evil, fuzzy lil peach. 🍑

I don't think humanity is the linchpin here. Plenty of other alien races spent time on earth and remained their stolid selves.

[jk sontarans are totally gay]

But the Master was all about destroying everything, especially [not!?] the Doctor. Yes, they spent a good deal of time with humanity, but they were CONTINUALLY obsessing over the Doctor. Probably had band posters and lockets of their hair hidden away. Don't @ me you know I'm right.

[See link for full brilliant comic: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=265 ]

So then the question becomes, does Gallifrey just pump out queers? Or is there something inherent in the Doctor that opens minds not only to the wonders of the universe, compassion, and the mysteries of time, but also to the absolute whacking big spectrum of existence gender and sexuality are for basically all races, human and extraterrestrial?

The Doctors didn't even consciously know they were doing it and it even had a reflective effect on themselves that was just more obvious in some iterations than others (also depending what form the gender and/or sexuality took).

[I mean, look at them]

At the end of the day I think it's the Doctor. The Doctor is Gender Incarnate thank you for coming to my TedTalk I didn't intend to write.

Do you guys think the Doctor got fruitier over time thanks to prolonged exposure to humanity, or was that always just lurking beneath a thick layer of Catholic-flavored Gallifreyan guilt that slowly peeled away the longer they stayed off-world?

[reasonsforhope]

When self-described “ocean custodian” Boyan Slat took the stage at TED 2025 in Vancouver this week, he showed viewers a reality many of us are already heartbreakingly familiar with: There is a lot of trash in the ocean.

“If we allow current trends to continue, the amount of plastic that’s entering the ocean is actually set to double by 2060,” Slat said in his TED Talk, which will be published online at a later date. 

Plus, once plastic is in the ocean, it accumulates in “giant circular currents” called gyres, which Slat said operate a lot like the drain of the bathtub, meaning that plastic can enter these currents but cannot leave.

That’s how we get enormous build-ups like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a giant collection of plastic pollution in the ocean that is roughly twice the size of Texas.

As the founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, Slat’s goal is to return our oceans to their original, clean state before 2040. To accomplish this, two things must be done.

First: Stop more plastic from entering the ocean. Second: Clean up the “legacy” pollution that is already out there and doesn’t go away by itself.

And Slat is well on his way.

Pictured: Kingston Harbour in Jamaica. Photo courtesy of The Ocean Cleanup Project

When Slat’s first TEDx Talk went viral in 2012, he was able to organize research teams to create the first-ever map of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. From there, they created a technology to collect plastic from the most garbage-heavy areas in the ocean.

“We imagined a very long, u-shaped barrier … that would be pushed by wind and waves,” Slat explained in his Talk. 

This barrier would act as a funnel to collect garbage and be emptied out for recycling. 

But there was a problem.

“We took it out in the ocean, and deployed it, and it didn’t collect plastic,” Slat said, “which is a pretty important requirement for an ocean cleanup system.”

Soon after, this first system broke into two. But a few days later, his team was already back to the drawing board. 

From here, they added vessels that would tow the system forward, allowing it to sweep a larger area and move more methodically through the water. Mesh attached to the barrier would gather plastic and guide it to a retention area, where it would be extracted and loaded onto a ship for sorting, processing, and recycling. 

It worked. 

“For 60 years, humanity had been putting plastic into the ocean, but from that day onwards, we were also taking it back out again,” Slat said, with a video of the technology in action playing on screen behind him.

To applause, he said: “It’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen, honestly.”

Over the years, Ocean Cleanup has scaled up this cleanup barrier, now measuring almost 2.5 kilometers — or about 1.5 miles — in length. And it cleans up an area of the ocean the size of a football field every five seconds.

Pictured: The Ocean Cleanup's System 002 deployed in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Photo courtesy of The Ocean Cleanup

The system is designed to be safe for marine life, and once plastic is brought to land, it is recycled into new products, like sunglasses, accessories for electric vehicles, and even Coldplay’s latest vinyl record, according to Slat. 

These products fund the continuation of the cleanup. The next step of the project is to use drones to target areas of the ocean that have the highest plastic concentration. 

In September 2024, Ocean Cleanup predicted the Patch would be cleaned up within 10 years. 

However, on April 8, Slat estimated “that this fleet of systems can clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in as little as five years’ time.”

With ongoing support from MCS, a Netherlands-based Nokia company, Ocean Cleanup can quickly scale its reliable, real-time data and video communication to best target the problem. 

It’s the largest ocean cleanup in history.

But what about the plastic pollution coming into the ocean through rivers across the world? Ocean Cleanup is working on that, too. 

To study plastic pollution in other waterways, Ocean Cleanup attached AI cameras to bridges, measuring the flow of trash in dozens of rivers around the world, creating the first global model to predict where plastic is entering oceans.

“We discovered: Just 1% of the world’s rivers are responsible for about 80% of the plastic entering our oceans,” Slat said.

His team found that coastal cities in middle-income countries were primarily responsible, as people living in these areas have enough wealth to buy things packaged in plastic, but governments can’t afford robust waste management infrastructure. 

Ocean Cleanup now tackles those 1% of rivers to capture the plastic before it reaches oceans.

Pictured: Interceptor 007 in Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of The Ocean Cleanup

“It’s not a replacement for the slow but important work that’s being done to fix a broken system upstream,” Slat said. “But we believe that tackling this 1% of rivers provides us with the only way to rapidly close the gap.”

To clean up plastic waste in rivers, Ocean Cleanup has implemented technology called “interceptors,” which include solar-powered trash collectors and mobile systems in eight countries worldwide.

In Guatemala, an interceptor captured 1.4 million kilograms (or over 3 million pounds) of trash in under two hours. Now, this kind of collection happens up to three times a week.

“All of that would have ended up in the sea,” Slat said.

Now, interceptors are being brought to 30 cities around the world, targeting waterways that bring the most trash into our oceans. GPS trackers also mimic the flow of the plastic to help strategically deploy the systems for the most impact.

“We can already stop up to one-third of all the plastic entering our oceans once these are deployed,” Slat said.

And as soon as he finished his Talk on the TED stage, Slat was told that TED’s Audacious Project would be funding the deployment of Ocean Cleanup’s efforts in those 30 cities as part of the organization’s next cohort of grantees. 

While it is unclear how much support Ocean Cleanup will receive from the Audacious Project, Head of TED Chris Anderson told Slat: “We’re inspired. We’re determined in this community to raise the money you need to make that 30-city project happen.”

And Slat himself is determined to clean the oceans for good.

“For humanity to thrive, we need to be optimistic about the future,” Slat said, closing out his Talk.

“Once the oceans are clean again, it can be this example of how, through hard work and ingenuity, we can solve the big problems of our time.”

-via GoodGoodGood, April 9, 2025

[voiider]

*New York accent* I'm boopin' here!!!

[bloomzone]

quitting social media has been such a game-changer. People always ask me, “ what's your username ?” I say I don't have Instagram or TikTok.. and then they’re like, “What the fuck? How are you living under a rock?” But honestly, it’s been three years now and still counting, and I feel so much better. I used to scroll endlessly on Instagram, and looking back, I can see how that was kind of ruining my life. I’m not the type to just scroll all day anymore, and when I try to download something like tiktok , I end up deleting it. I just don’t feel the need for it. Now, I spend my time journaling, watching movies, listing to my fav songs, posting on Tumblr , I love also to make list of movie to watch during different mood basically watching anything that can improve my habits and my systems.. doing things that make me feel good and actually living instead of getting lost in a never-ending scroll life taught me that no social media = no enemies . The change is real, and honestly my life’s just better without social media ! I’m not saying social media is toxic for everyone or that people should just delete it, it’s just not for me anymore. It’s not about acting like I’m above anyone or judging people who are still all in. Honestly, I think it’s just about realizing that it wasn’t doing anything positive for me anymore. I was stuck in this loop my grades were trash constantly comparing myself, It got exhausting and I was only (13yo or 14 ) So, I decided to stop. It’s crazy how much quieter my life feels now, how much more I can just be without needing to check what everyone else is doing. The pressure to be someone I’m not, to be constantly available and “on,” just vanished.

@bloomzone

[cannedpeachess]

No because the way I get so VISCERALLY angry when someone refers to an animal as albino when they’re actually leucistic, erythristic, or xanthochromatic is both deeply irrational and greatly unhealthy

ALBINISM

Total loss of melanin in the body, i.e. skin, hair/fur/feathers, and eyes (the eyes look pink/red because the lack of melanin in the eye exposes the blood vessels within it to light, which then reflects their red hue)

LEUCISM

Partial loss of melanin in the body; the pattern of melanin distribution is unique in each case, so some people or animals with this condition may have patches of typically-colored skin/hair/fur in addition to pigmented eyes, while others may only have the aforementioned ocular pigmentation

ERYTHRISM

Abnormal prevalence of reddish pigment in the skin/hair/fur/feathers of an animal; concentration of this pigment varies case by case, so humans/animals with the condition can present anywhere from only slightly pink to intensely red in color; to my knowledge, the condition does not affect the eyes

XANTHOCHROMISM

Abnormal prevalence of yellow pigment in the skin/hair/fur/feathers of an animal; similar to erythrism, color intensity can vary from light golden hues to deep yellows; again, to my knowledge, the condition does not affect the eyes

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk

[femmefatalevibe]

Femme Fatale Guide: Game-Changing TED Talks Everyone Should Watch

"How Five Simple Words Can Get You What You Want" by Janine Driver

"Master your Mindset, Overcome Self-Deception, Change your Life" by  Shadé Zahrai

"How to talk to the worst parts of yourself" by Karen Faith

"Think before you speak, hacking the secret of communication" by Catherine Molloy

"The Hidden Code For Transforming Dreams Into Reality" by Mary Morrissey

"Don't Believe Everything You Think" by Lauren Weinstein

"The public speaking lesson you never had" by DK

"Programming your mind for success" by Carrie Green

"How to stop screwing yourself over" by Mel Robbins

"Own Your Behaviours, Master Your Communication, Determine Your Success" by Louise Evans

"The psychology of seduction" by Raj Persaud

"Why we're unhappy -- the expectation gap" by Nat Ware

"Think Fast. Talk Smart" by Matt Abrahams 

"Increase your self-awareness with one simple fix' by Tasha Eurich 

"5 steps to designing the life you want" by Bill Burnett

"Staying stuck or moving forward" by Dr. Lani Nelson Zlupko

"To reach beyond your limits by training your mind" by Marisa Peer

"Emotional laws are the answer for better relationships" by Diana Wais

"Feelings: Handle them before they handle you" by Mandy Saligari

"Cultivating Unconditional Self-Worth" by Adia Gooden 

[callixton]

can someone PLEASE tell me what drug they put in the west wing bc i literally feel completely unique emotions when watching & thinking abt that show. how did they make it that good.

[heavensgateiowa]

nico di angelo being accused of homophobia is one of the funniest things ive ever read with my own two eyes

[resident-idiot-simp]

Listen I stand by Laura being scarier then Logan. Because Deadpool even says she's meaner and without the centuries of learning how to control the instincts?

She is quicker to lash out and less weary of how she attacks. Logan might stabbed to incapacitate but there is no promise she won't stab to kill just on instinct alone.

Now that isn't to say she's more dangerous because she's not. She's dangerous extremely dangerous, but not the level of Logan. He has too much experience on how to be a killing machine.

So what I'm saying is Laura is scarier to run across, but being hunted down you'd be worse off with Logan.

If you wonder where Deadpool is in my ranking he is between them.

He is the scariest to run across just because of how manic he is. He however won't do things on a whimsy even if you don't know that.

Everything he does is meticulous which makes him less prone to instinct driven outbursts. He however is not quite to Logan's level of just plain machine

All to say no one wants to run across any of them much less all of them.

Anyways thank you for coming to my TED talk

[cloversplace]

“Pony was being dramatic!” “Darry only hit him once!” “You’re telling me Darry never hit him before?” “Johnny gets hit everyday at home and doesn’t complain!”

Shush. Just, stop for a minute. I personally think that Pony’s reaction to getting slapped was justified, and it angers me a little sometimes when people chalk it down to just him being a brat. Ponyboy already thinks Darry doesn’t want him around, Darry’s constantly on Pony for every little thing, being hard on him to keep him from getting taken away. Hitting him is one thing that would get Pony taken away faster than anything else, in doing this, Darry’s accidentally sending Ponyboy a message: He doesn’t just not want him around, he wants to get rid of him as quickly as possible. 

“Oh but Darry probably hit him a lot when they were kids!” EXACTLY. When. They. Were. KIDS. Darry 100% slugged Pony a couple times bc he was being a little shit, but Darry’s stuck halfway between being a father and a brother. He’s not just Pony’s brother anymore, he’s his guardian. Pony explicitly says that no one in his family hit each other, including their parents. Pony says Darry looks exactly like their dad, in that moment, Pony can’t imagine his father hitting him. If his parents had still been alive and his father had hit him instead of Darry, Pony would’ve had the same reaction. Pony’s in shock, when someone is hurt they go into fight or flight, Pony is a track star, and also kinda scrawny. (no offense Pony) He’s gonna choose to run instead of try to fight back. Because in his mind, if Darry hit him once, who’s to say he isn’t gonna do it again?

Now onto Johnny, yes Johnny has it way, way worse at home than Pony does. But he’s also used to it, it’s sad, but true. Johnny’s used to being hit by his parents, Pony isn’t. The first hits are always the worst. We see that in Tex and The Outsiders. There’s no doubt in my mind that Johnny acted like Pony did when he was younger, when he wasn’t so used to his parents hitting him. If Darry continued to hit Pony, Pony would eventually start to act like Johnny. Learn to take it. I also don’t think that Johnny was mad/annoyed with Pony for acting like he did. Maybe Johnny was a little jealous when Pony used to complain that Darry hated him. But that was before Darry hit him, Johnny’s probably a little mad at Darry too, being honest. Darry’s supposed to be the one holding them together. The one refuge most greasers on the East side have. Johnny probably knew deep down that Darry was scared and most likely felt bad and won’t do it again. But you still don’t hit people when you’re scared. Johnny has never been hit out of fear, every time his parents beat on him it’s out of anger. You hit out of anger, you fight back out of fear. 

So no, Pony didn’t deserve to be slapped. He wasn’t asking for it. They lost their parents less than a year ago. Darry is 20 years old for fuck’s sake! I bet some of you reading this right now are either older than that or only a year or two younger. 20 is arguably still a kid, and 20 should not be the age to take on two jobs, maintaining a house, and taking care of two teenagers, plus 4 other teens and oh, I don’t know, almost everyone in eastern Tulsa? That’s too much to ask of anyone. Even if Pony was being a little shit (which he usually is, but in the argument that night I would say Darry kind of instigated it more, at least in the book/movie) that still doesn’t mean he deserved the hit, or shove, in the movie’s case. 

Thank you for coming to my ted talk, I really needed to just put that out there. I’m seeing so many people ratting on Pony for the way he acted, especially comparing him to the way Johnny is treated at home. Which isn’t fair in my opinion. Thank u for listening! 💜

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[doubledaybooks]

“In Likeable Badass, Alison Fragale dives deep into the science behind gender bias and stereotypes — and how we can challenge them. With warmth, humor, and powerful personal stories, she provides women with actionable advice for achieving greater success in the workplace.” —Sheryl Sandberg, New York Times bestselling author of Lean In

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[voiider]

I'm just imagining Tim going up to one of his siblings and leaning against them and then just. falling asleep. And they wouldn't even notice he's asleep until they try to move and suddenly he's falling and they have to catch him

[makesomenoise]

Today's TED Talk: let's talk about the divorce

[asexualsinner]

I like to think that Jazz isn't naturally a genius. Like she's smart yeah but I think personally she works her ass off hard for her grades and has a model reputation because she wants out. She's stuck in this cycle of watching her parents be the town laughing stock and probably in her own eyes: failures. She doesn't want to be stuck in that same life that her parents are especially after looking up to her mom who in her own right is smart as hell but "wastes" it by hunting ghosts and not using her knowledge to help further science. She probably spends so much time studying and cramming and being a "teacher's pet" so that she can get good opportunities for college. Let's be honest, her parents are ghost hunters, they can't be making bank. Idk how it worked in a 2005 economy but let's be real, she probably wasn't going to be able to go to a higher end college or anything more than community without taking out enormous loans or scholarships. Better grades and extracurriculars like tutoring? Better scholarships. The highest CAT score in school? That opens doors for her. Don't get me wrong; she loves her parents but I feel like there are times in the show where she feels more like the parent than them.

I also think it's why she's so hard on Danny especially before she knew he was a halfa. She doesn't want her brother to get stuck in Amity Park either A.) working a dead end job just scraping by or B.) taking care of their parents and cleaning up their messes. She knows he can be smart, she's seen it. So when he starts struggling with school, starts failing classes, constantly disappearing, she was most likely freaking out thinking "this is it. This is what I'm afraid of for my little brother. If I don't stop this now, I'm failing him."

After finding out he's a halfa, she tries her hardest to help him. With school, with ghost hunting, and yeah she was overboard in the beginning but at the base of it Jazz loves Danny and wants the best for him. She also wants the best for herself and I think for Jazz that meant getting out of Amity Park. She might not struggle with her classes like Danny, but I like to think that she puts in a lot of hard work to be where she's at; that it didn't just come naturally to her or that she's a born genius.

Idk, that's my ted talk for the Danny phantom phandom.

[facts-i-just-made-up]

Mind Blowing TED Talk On Telepathy

FIJMU News 4-15-25 by Crow Davidberg

A truly impressive TED talk today showcased an unquestionable display of human telepathy. Mitchell Softside (Left) was able to send a specific image to Louis Dahlgren using only his mind. The image is said to have been a beautiful scene of a pasture with flowers.

The audience was amazed by the calmness and goodwill of the act, which has been praised as a glimmer of hope in the modern world.

[callixton]

taskmaster comment section abt alex & greg’s relationship….. girl